Handle with Care

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A story about finding hope in the face of hardship and connection in the face of crisis, Handle with Care is a novel for our time. "Rich with complex characters, a tightly woven plot and natural suspense." —Belle Burden, author of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage Three women walk into a post office. This is no joke—it's the spark that ignites a life-altering crisis. On a quiet spring afternoon, an ordinary small-town post office becomes ground zero for a domestic dispute. A husband draws a weapon and seals the doors, holding four women captive: his frightened wife, a young woman searching for meaning amid uncertainty, a mother on the brink of letting go as her only daughter graduates, and an elderly woman concealing a secret that could shatter everything she knows. Outside, the negotiator works to keep a fragile peace, forced to confront her own issues as every word becomes a